Future of the blog? Well, it is now 8:30 PM. I just took my shower and we are locked back in for a count. The gates will open back up around 9:00 PM, but for some reason they close the gates again after five minutes. So you are either out or in for a full hour. You have a three-hour window with gates opening each hour.

So I hope I have made it clear that while we do not have equal access to the same resources, I have worked hard to give you my time. I know some of my letters left a lot to be desired, but I will continue to improve and share myself with you.

And have no fear; I understand once in a while you need to maybe direct some anger my way. It is better to get it out in the open and see if I can understand what you are feeling, and maybe I can share some thoughts (I think the word here might even be "empathy") and we can move forward. I ask only that you do remember that you have saved my sanity on more than one occasion and for that I am eternally grateful and will hopefully always live up to being a trusted friend to you in the future.

If you need a break from the blog, maybe we should post a note that the blog is taking a break and will return shortly? I assume that once I get upstate and get a typewriter with some minimal memory, I can prepare blog-ready copy and you can just scan and post. That is, if you are willing to do it. If not, that is fine also.

Also, do not sweat typing any of these letters. Just scan. It will keep me busy once I get upstate to type anything you have not typed by now. So please take time to do what you need to do and want to do.

I am always thinking of you and your family, and as long as you drop me a line once in a while and go ahead and send some blogs too, that will just have to hold me for now.
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